Deer General Muzzleloader Season

Unit 18
White-tailed Deer Tag Unlimited Tags

Non-resident tag quota of 15,500 total deer tags. See the Nonresident Tag Quotas for availability.

11/21/2025 - 12/5/2025

Species
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Antlerless or Antlered White-tailed Deer
Either sex may be taken.
Muzzleloader
Muzzleloader ONLY.

Restrictions
  • Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Testing is Required within 10 days of harvest, visit idfg.idaho.gov/cwd for more information.
  • Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Transport Rules Apply. It is unlawful to transport deer, elk, or moose out of a designated CWD Management Zone, visit idfg.idaho.gov/cwd for more information.

Unit 18
All of Unit 18. Area Size: 180,782 acres
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More information about the Game Management Unit(s) in this hunt: 18

General Season Harvest Statistics

Year Take Method Unit Harvest Hunters Success% Days Antlered Antlerless %4+Pts %5+Pts %Whitetail
2023 Muzzleloader 18 0 3 0 16
2021 Muzzleloader 18 0 3 0 7
2020 Muzzleloader 18 5 5 100 28 1 4 0 100
2019 Muzzleloader 18 0 3 0 3
2018 Muzzleloader 18 4 4 100 4 4 0 100
2015 Muzzleloader 18
2014 Muzzleloader 18 8 8 100 8 8 0 0 100
2013 Muzzleloader 18 1 1 100 2 1 100 100 100
2012 Muzzleloader 18 4 0 4
2011 Muzzleloader 18
2010 Muzzleloader 18 0 0 0 0 0
2009 Muzzleloader 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 Muzzleloader 18 0 0 0 0 0
2007 Muzzleloader 18 1 1 100 2 1 100
2006 Muzzleloader 18 1 1 100
2005 Muzzleloader 18 0 0 0 0
2004 Muzzleloader 18 0 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 0
2003 Muzzleloader 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 Muzzleloader 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 Muzzleloader 18 2 2 0 39 11 96
Source: Harvest Statistics Database compiled from Mandatory Harvest Reports and Check Station Records
* In 2000 hunter information not collected.

Resident Tags and Permits

  • Adult Deer Tag
  • Jr./Sr./DAV Deer Tag
  • Muzzleloader Permit
  • Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*

NonResident Tags and Permits

  • Junior Mentored Deer Tag
  • Adult Deer Tag
  • Muzzleloader Permit
  • Handicapped Motor Vehicle Permit*

A valid hunting license is required for all hunting and trapping activities.
* Indicates this item is optional.

Where to purchase

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Surface Management

For government land, these data show the managing agency of the land, which may or not be the same as the owning agency.

Graph illustrating 75.98 percent U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 137,356 acres   76%
Graph illustrating 20.05 percent Private 36,248 acres   20.1%
Graph illustrating 1.99 percent U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 3,602 acres   2%
Graph illustrating 1.15 percent State of Idaho 2,084 acres   1.2%
Graph illustrating 0.52 percent Other 946 acres   0.5%

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Land management via Inside Idaho

Access Yes! Properties

Access Yes! is Fish and Game program designed to improve hunting and fishing access to private land or through private land to public land by compensating willing landowners who provide access.

No properties are currently available in this hunt area.
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Federally-designated Wilderness Areas

No motorized vehicles are allowed in these areas.